Masculin

Flieder

Signification

Concepts

(Anglais)

(masculine, strong) lilac (shrub of the genus Syringa)
(masculine, regional, strong) black elder (shrub)

Fréquence

canton de Bâle-Campagne

lyylaa

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Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈfliːdər/

Emprunté à Middle Low German

Appartenant à néerlandais

Appartenant à frison occidental

In summary

Ca. 1600, from Middle Low German vlêder, vlider (“elder”), itself probably from Middle Dutch vlieder, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *fleuþr. Cognate with modern Dutch vlier, West Frisian flear. At first merely a northern synonym of Holunder (“elder”); then in the 18th century transferred to the somewhat similar-looking lilac, which is of southeastern European origin and thus had no German name.